Caroline Virginia "Carrie" Robinson

Brief Life History of Caroline Virginia "Carrie"

When Caroline Virginia "Carrie" Robinson was born on 8 September 1829, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, Major Robert Beale, was 70 and her mother, Martha Felicia Turberville, was 43. She married William Thomas Davis on 23 December 1862, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Saint Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 12 October 1911, in Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Petersburg, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Davis
1817–1888
Caroline Virginia "Carrie" Robinson
1829–1911
Marriage: 23 December 1862
Martha Emma Davis
1839–1899
William Hoomes Davis
1840–1863
Hope Alice Davis
1843–1930
Richard Beale Davis
1845–1917
Joseph Claiborne Davis
1846–1926
Emily Taylor Corbin Davis
1849–1927
Sallie Robinson Davis
1863–1951
Carrie Laura Davis
1865–1885
Doctor Arthur Kyle Davis Sr.
1867–1953
Williams Thomas Davis Jr.
1870–1944
Charles Hall Davis Sr.
1872–1954

Sources (52)

  • Elizabeth Davis in household of William T Davis, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Caroline V. Robinson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Carolina V. Robinson, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .

West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Davis Family Bible Records

https://albemarlehistory.org/collection/davis-family-bible-records/ Davis Family Bible Records Dates: 1837-1945 Collection Number: MS 25 Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet Extent: 1 ite …

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